Cherokee County Arrest Report
Booked during 6/12-6/18/2011
6/13/2011
Anthony Doel Atnip, age 31 of 120 Myrtle Way, Sandersville, Ga. 31082 arrested for Assault on a female.
Ciera Nicole Burrell, 152 Hensley Penland Dr. Murphy, NC 28906 arrested for Misdemeanor Larceny, Misdemeanor  Conspiracy, Insurance-No Insurance, Probation Violation.
Jody Edward Burrell, age 27 of 152 Hensley Penland Dr. Murphy, NC. 28906  arrested [...]

Legislative Update
The U.S. House of Representatives spent last week debating and voting on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill and the FY 2012 Agriculture Appropriations bill.
On Monday, the House passed H.R. 2055, the FY2012 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act of 2012. This bipartisan legislation gives our military [...]

Leaning Left
Jim Fitzgerald
There are some lessons to be learned from the immigration issue, the national debt, and Greece. But, not the lessons you are thinking about, such as reducing the national debt before we look like Greece. No, we are nothing like Greece and our national debt does not even come close to the problems [...]

Michele Bachmann announced that she was running for President at the Republican debate of presidential primary candidates last week.  She stole the show.
But who is this Congresswoman from Minnesota? Born in Iowa, brought up by a single mother, she worked on a Kibbutz in Israel after high school and then went to college. She married [...]

The Green Column
by Richard C. MacCrea, Andrews Valley Initiative
rmaccrea1@gmail.com
Nuclear Power for Electricity, A Good Idea?
The last Green Column considered the pros and cons of coal powered electricity. This column will examine nuclear powered electricity.
In 2009, this country generated 20.3% of its electricty form nuclear fuel. One advantage of using nuclear power is that unlike coal [...]

While I was home on mid-tour leave, I had the opportunity to talk a lot about the war in Afghanistan.  I shared with many different individuals stories about my time here so far.  On my trip back to Afghanistan, I spoke with several people in the airport.  One person asked me what the key to [...]

REEL MEMORIES NO. 184
James M. Coburn III
by
William V. Reynolds
“Actors are boring when they are not working. It’s a natural condition, because they don’t have
anything to do.” James M. Coburn is supposed to have said. If that statement is accurate, many of
us are glad that he kept working throughout his lifetime. I’ve never seen Coburn in [...]

Journal of a Living Lady #399
Nancy White Kelly
Buddy and I always welcome the sight of our home when we return from a vacation. As usual, our house was still standing. Fire didn’t burn it down. Tornadoes didn’t blow it away. Thieves didn’t break in and steal. We continue to have a bed to sleep in [...]

Alma Eddy, 91, of Hayesville died Thursday, June 9, 2011 at a Clay County care center.  She was a native of Calais, ME but had lived seasonally in Florida and North Carolina.  She was a veteran of World War II, serving in the United States Army.  She had worked and owned her own beauty shop [...]

Rev. Carl Roper, 89, of Topton died Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at Graham Healthcare in Robbinsville.  He was a native of Swain County, but had lived most of his life in this area.  He was a minister and had pastored several churches.  He was a member of Rowland’s Creek Baptist Church.
He was the son of [...]